Global Wasteland: Shelter Infinite Upgrade
Chapter 379

Disaster Has Arrived! The Beginning of a Shocking Conspiracy!

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War is brutal, but it is also the fastest way to drive technological productivity.

For example, in the Deep Sea World of the Fertile Soil Era, thanks to the protection of the Ocean God, the navigation industry has developed for thousands of years, but the progress of the Technology Tree is still extremely slow.

The people here live and work in peace and contentment. Even with a severe gap between the rich and poor, the lack of information access does not affect the stability of the overall environment.

Thanks to the divine power of the God of Sea Wind, the sea here is rarely turbulent with the kind of monstrous waves that devour people found on Earth.

Even the piracy industry, which should have been thriving in this Deep Sea World, failed to make much of a splash due to the insane Wanted Order.

Of course, from this moment on, looking at the White Sand Island behind him gradually disappearing into a small dot, Su Mo knew that the declining curve of the pirate industry was about to turn around and take over!

"Captain, our ship has been thoroughly camouflaged. Even a real Ocean Guard wouldn't be able to detect it without making contact."

"We are practically a true Ocean Enforcer!"

Wearing a perfectly fitted Ocean Guard uniform and wielding a sword as tall as a man, Yu Yi looked majestic and imposing, a far cry from the short, slave-like figure he had been just two days prior.

The boats on which everyone sat were no longer the small sailboats that transported slaves; they were transformed into official boats with complete permits and the words "law enforcement" on them.

Although this official ship was still comparable to a small sailboat in size and speed.

But just one more day and White Sand Island will be equipped with a new ship, an official vessel that will be three times faster!

"Yu Yi, give the order: make sure everyone studies the scripts I wrote for you thoroughly, so you don't give yourself away when facing the enemy."

"Remember who we are. We are now a standard Law Enforcement Team!"

Waving his three-pointed Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, Su Mo watched as the fish nodded and happily ran to the deck at the back. Satisfied, Su Mo sat down.

Every day, thousands of points are earned, along with a large ship with impressive speed and materials, and a ship fully loaded with supplies.

After choosing to upgrade White Sand Island to Land of No Law, the title promotion competition remained unchanged for everyone else, but for Su Mo, the difficulty dropped dramatically.

Furthermore, after uncovering the hidden profits behind all of this, a unique and insane idea began to take shape in Su Mo's mind.

It's meaningful to slowly develop here and explore the origins of that great war.

In this world where the Ocean God sleeps and there is no distinction between good and evil, he will try to drag everyone down with him within three months.

Or rather, overthrow the Ocean God's regime! Su Mo wanted to see if, after the Shackles of divine authority were broken, this Fertile Soil Era, destined for destruction in the course of time, would actually change!

The moment this thought arose, even Su Mo himself was startled.

However, after calculating based on the abundance of resources in this world and the loyalty of the slaves, Su Mo was astonished to find that the whole plan had great potential.

If the Ocean God hadn't fallen asleep, Su Mo's current practice of repeatedly exploiting bugs to farm monsters would definitely have provoked divine intervention and resulted in punishment.

But in today's Ocean God, all it takes is a blitzkrieg, a lightning-fast operation that allows for the accumulation of initial capital before anyone can even react.

The entire White Sand Island will instantly become a behemoth that no one can ignore, within the rules! And now, merchant ships loaded with food and supplies? No need! White Sand Island receives supplies from the Ocean Guard every day, and with the number of slaves below three thousand, there is absolutely no need to worry about the supply of materials.

In other words, White Sand Island is currently lacking only people, and a large number of slaves!

Once the number of slaves reaches a certain level, Su Mo will let the people of the entire Ocean God World know what a true industrial revolution is!

Therefore, in the early stages of its external operations, Su Mo directly targeted the slave ships.

"I want to increase the population of White Sand Island to over 2,000 in three days!"

Having set this goal, and seeing the ships bearing human head symbols already appearing in his field of vision, Su Mo tightened his grip on his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, a subtle, enigmatic smile playing on his lips.

"Chen Shen, take a look! It's been a whole day. See if the director's status has changed. I haven't been able to find the director's name!"

"Yes, so many people have come out. I see that many of them say they haven't seen the director!"

In Hope Village, located far away in a low-lying area, all the villagers stayed on the mountain.

But during the first wave of title-farming, everyone was busy. Using two lifeboats and homemade boats, all the villagers took turns going out to sea to level up their titles to level one.

However, once it reaches level one, it becomes difficult for Hope Village in the shallow sea area to upgrade further.

Seeing Pei Shao and Qi Qin looking anxious, Chen Shen could only stand up, press down on their shoulders, and force them to sit on the stools.

"Come, come, have some tea! Don't be in such a hurry!"

"Oh dear! Brother Pei, just take a break. Didn't I tell you? The director has definitely gotten the Tier 4 Title and gone in. My friend list shows that the director is busy. You can rest assured. Aren't there already so many people who have quit saying that you can quit this test anytime you want!"

"Think about it, if there's danger, even if the station chief can't win, he can't escape!"

For the 300,000 people inside, time seemed to pass very slowly within the ruins.

Although, as of now, a full fifty days have passed on the Timeline within the Group Ruins.

However, in the outside world, it was only a day later, around 7 p. m. on March 2nd.

For all the refugees who didn't make it in, the New Continent had already surfaced, and this day was just another ordinary day for them as they evacuated at sea.

"I'm just worried something might go wrong. Don't blame me, but if you don't believe me, go out and see for yourself. Everyone in our village is worried!"

Picking up the now-cold teacup, Qi Qin gulped it down, seemingly without tasting a single drop of tea.

His brows were furrowed, forming a deep frown that made it clear to anyone who looked at him that he was troubled.

"Yeah, I don't know when this trial livestream will start. Look at what these people who came out are saying, the trial world is completely in chaos now, there are pirates everywhere, and there's this... yes, that General Xing Daorong, the pirate leader, leading his men to burn, kill, and plunder everywhere. It's too dangerous in here!"

As the intelligence captain, Pei Shao had completely shifted his focus at this time, concentrating his information gathering on the information regarding the Group Ruins.

In the past day or so, from the initial sporadic withdrawals, people have started to leave in droves.

The World Channel, including the Disaster Resistance Channel, has become quite lively.

Aside from official members, most people who can obtain the Level 4 title are also people who are somewhat clever.

These people weren't disappointed at all for not being promoted to level five. Instead, they took advantage of their status to gain attention and ride the wave of popularity.

Opening the Disaster Resistance Live Stream Page, Garfie Bieber, who once helped everyone in his church obtain the first-order title, was now prominently featured in the live stream of the ruins' condition.

At this crucial moment when everyone was paying attention, he directly changed the name of his live stream to:

First-person commentary from across the internet: Battles among top players in the Group Ruins and tips for title advancement.

Just his name alone, coupled with the fact that he'd become somewhat familiar to viewers during his previous teaching sessions, caused his livestream to reach an astonishing level of popularity.

2.5 billion!

At this late hour, just before dawn, a staggering 2.5 billion people were glued to his livestream, eagerly awaiting firsthand news about the Group Ruins, and most importantly, tips for advancing to higher titles.

"Welcome xx to the live stream! Welcome XXX, the expert, to watch our live stream! Our tutorial is about to begin!"

"When the viewership reaches 3 billion, I will immediately start the Tier 4 Title tutorial and show you a clever way to reach 10 million progress points in just a few days!"

"Oh, I see everyone's really interested in the situation inside the Group Ruins. Well then, we just happen to have someone from our shelter who was eliminated from the ruins. Now, let's have Han Bi give everyone a first-person perspective explanation."

For every 1 billion views, the level of the live stream airdrop box will be upgraded.

Seeing that the live stream had lost 100 million views because of his suspense, Garfield quickly shouted, signaling the people in the back to come out.

Thanks to Garfield's timely intervention, the decline in popularity was halted. Moreover, with Han Bi walking out and seeing the displeasure on his face, the curiosity of all the viewers was immediately piqued.

"If you want to hear me tell jokes or make-up stories, then there's nothing to say; it's been said to death on the World Channel and other live streams."

"But if you want to learn about the real Group Ruins, then please continue to listen patiently!"

Han Bi a dark face, looking extremely depressed. After he finished his "precautionary injection," all the audience members became even more curious.

At this point, at Garfield's prompting, he didn't keep them in suspense and continued directly:

Currently, there are eight classes available for players to choose from in the Group Ruins:

The easiest: Military Household.

This is a profession that everyone can choose at the start of the game. You just need to follow the progress and you can join it smoothly.

The following professions are slightly challenging, but can be joined with a little thought: businessman, navigator, and scholar.

These three professions form the second column, and the path to obtaining points is more difficult, belonging to the two-star difficulty level.

But similarly, the rewards will be greater.

Three-star professions with considerable difficulty and generous rewards: Politician, Slave Owner.

A slightly more difficult but equally rewarding four-star class: Restricted Lord.

And currently, in the Group Ruins, that freak Xing Daorong has chosen the five-star difficulty class, "Free Lord".

"These eight professions form the core of our trial participants. By the way, I don't know about the alien races, but they should be similar to us."

"For the first ten days of the trial, the entire Deep Sea World was very peaceful. This was because it was just a trial, and everyone could withdraw at any time, so everyone carried out their tasks peacefully without any friction."

"But ten days later, the world environment began to change."

Slapping the wooden board beside him, Han Bi gritted his teeth, seemingly furious at being eliminated! "Yes, it's General Xing Daorong, the one you see here with eight million points!"

"It was the sudden appearance of tens of thousands of slaves under his command that shattered the peace. They were the most ferocious pirates at sea, they were locusts that suck the marrow from the bones."

"And what's even more outrageous is that the ship they were sailing was one of the navy's most advanced warships."

"Who knows where their warships came from, but before I was eliminated, Xing Daorong's ships had already begun their second upgrade, and the number of slaves under his command had exceeded 200,000, and his conquest fleet had assembled 25 warships."

When the topic of warships came up, Han Bi's face showed a moment of distraction.

All the viewers could see from his face that Han Bi didn't understand why someone could assemble such a huge fleet in such a short period of time.

"They had repeating muskets, a complete ammunition supply chain, and Explosive Pack."

"Furthermore, his slaves are just like Crazy Ivan; your ship will be sunk by his suicide attacks the moment you encounter them, without even being qualified to fight."

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, by this time tomorrow, which is ninety days after the Group Ruins, this world will be conquered by Xing Daorong!"

Whoosh! The previously noisy barrage of comments seemed to freeze after Han Bi finished speaking, and the scrolling speed visibly slowed down.

Then, upon seeing the live stream's popularity surge past 2.7 billion and heading straight for 3 billion, Garfield grinned from ear to ear.

His mind was already racing with ideas on how to maximize the value of the airdrop crates.

Is a Tier 5 title a big problem? Anyway, we conservatives don't fight at sea, and this title doesn't provide any bonuses on land, so it's basically useless.

But just as he was feeling smug, the popularity of the live stream seemed to have been halved, dropping by as much as half in an instant, directly to 1.4 billion.

Furthermore, within just ten seconds, the popularity plummeted like a rollercoaster, failing to even maintain a level of 100 million.

Something happened in the wasteland? Just as this thought flashed through his mind, a bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky and earth.

Then, a thunderous roar, like Divine Punishment, seemed to explode right next to one's ears, sending chills down one's spine in an instant.

This ominous premonition made Garfield lose his composure, and he hurriedly turned off the live stream, opened the wooden door, and rushed out.

But then, a scene he would never forget was imprinted in his mind.

A mountain!

A mountain range composed of a layer of black seawater!

Beneath such a "sea mountain," even the Lamb Mountains, which provide them with complete protection, seem powerless to resist.

Meanwhile, a blazing red warning light flashed across the Game Panel! The message indicated that the tsunami disaster, which was supposed to arrive 70 days later, had arrived ahead of schedule for some reason, and its power would be significantly increased...

25%!

"This is... this is..."

Feeling the constant warnings from his brain urging him to escape, Garfield panicked and took a step back, only to fall to the ground.

But for some reason, at this critical moment of life and death, what came to his mind was not how to escape.

On the contrary, it was the manual that they obtained three days ago, after capturing a foreign ship.

That manual that records how to obtain titles and how to cleverly advance to higher titles!

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